1
if Pine
Erosion On
PLAT4T k Winter
, , '-,. . ' i u
Zvery c. should xmfk W Produce
Iti lirf Vest, ifdl'lto wWiW
Between tfitrtjf abd' forty dm-
tU.'ii. Vioird hoon nt'iftnized to
I dUin'andimprove'aVbroxlmafely
300 uuu acres oiovernowen nuu
adjacent larld! This represent
an lb' VisUriBntV at' tfeast f&.OCO,
fCOt bf oJr PieduiontV farmers,
tttxfcibly a' $&6d deal more.: That
s'bhie htefOed effort iftfcfild be
madetalneute peVroanent results
frora the ; i)eiJditure bf ili'a
large awotf nt of rtiindy kfdbviouiir
The question Is, What can and
should be done?
No measure- cart stmy tfttf wfcHV-
Ing, but the carrying out of, a
def nite and Intelligent pohcy
.-van ii time reduce erosion to a
minimum Such policy js largely
one of-adopting- fann methods
which have for years been jad'
Vocated by the National and
' State Departments' Of , Agncu I
turet "th ( Farmers . Institutes,
the fariii papers and progressive
farmers everywhere. ? "Briefly
outlined it is this! P'ow. deeply,
' add vegetable matter, and route
trops" on the level and geatly
rolling uplundsi pnt the steeper
slope Hi ha meedawi or better
..jii -i'M Muninnont nnat-.nrAt ahd
' HUH, IU l!min-M.
plant the steepest -. an t- tnost
; Winn eroded hillntea td trees,
i 1fipblhirn.bsm in a mrUi
forest-growth., -. . ;
The discussion' of a cwiprete
pxaaiple will help dah this
' - District.
'TheVateshedof Buffalo Creeli
and its tributaries Includes jm
area of about '10Q.00Q acres, .in
vrt h Carolina. The cleared land
. v,wn nm.linrluz cotton , lor
generations, the area uncer
.cultivation increasing gradually
vr-pr by year, until now barely
per cent of the land is iu
oa. 'Much.' of this forest- is?
ii . rn lunula
..ir. , l prolan couio v
:is eulu-v
1 hut later aban-
soiltiad wash
t t! J not pay
1 1
'red or
Acb erodes
j v
fceinK
.1
iout the
pIW
htruo
t iiY.iny
-Mr en
tije
(y , glace t
i soil.
Kir. -
cd
The, formation of the" ljuffalo
iiAoL rtvtAirA TMfilif. ' moan
the cutting pf 23 milea of oanal
Ion' th niiftn eVeetfand-on Potts
c,:eakj'n'd Mud(Sy joru lts tw0
most ,'roiportant ' tributaries.
Twenty-one hnrirfred acres jof
bottom land will be reclaimed
tind g lar'. amount : Of upland
cost of r!i wards of 85,000. or
from $15 to tamper acre, for the
laWcl'driiined. Work IsrloW undtr
way '-wlfh twJ'dredg8. and next
spring some of tha bottoms will
be put in cornt 1 ' r ' -iC;
: But as the directors, of this-
drainage district, Mr. Hambright
has said,' If -erosiou,' : which
previoiSy filled op the etreams,
is" not clipclied! how lone T?lll
the good results of draluage last?
!must be niore" dosfey aaapted to
I'prc'Beiit Conditio in order to
ob3i the Wlrft&f iftM to
prevenf'rttrrence pf the tMffble
. Besides, wer tfan1 not treat bottom
land worth $lCW ahd upland
worth $5Cr pef ace' fn'tlre disre
spectful and earless way we'.dld
whpn land was worth a quarter
of that anfout. Yields mast ,be
crfater. notv less. EVERY
ACRE OP LAM) 'MUST; BE
PUT -JO IT EE8T XTEE
Tiat is the keynote o't tlx policy
here recommended. :
Tn Prrvunt Erosion , of
1 VMbdmont LaVdS, 'v.
"-The level acd gently rolling
uplands must continue,, to -, be
Tjcd for tue' production -of rour-
coftortt-tobacco, grain, and truck
crops. They must, lioweverf. be
cultivated in - such a way that
,wakn Wll, be prevented
.Deeo niMTlae xomt be prautlced.
Conner c),oipenlo;yed, a rotation
adbptedi and htnmts added to th
soil by-the ploMa ir oJT tegu.me
crops amVotherveactable-Bamter,
deeri vegetable soU washes
very little. In addition i to these,
ri aciiitf if acronRly recowwaanc
si for sloping land
The steeoer clones and .bftdl.v
washing fields ahodlrfas rspidKv
as -iosMoIe be put,iu meadows
and permanent pastures.. There
is no uart of the.. United . States
better adapted Vto : ve : stock
fanpwgi andnone whieli ; would
be more benefited 5y 4b( than
Pied;u0nt . Jlorth ,.; Carolina; A
good sd holds the- land bettar
than anything ' except forest.
M r. : "A. h. . Fren: h : " fiat
better returns ai'j secured from
pasture thai Jroffl - any ctutr
JTaroa crop. Sheep,-, leattle, colts
nnd .tidsw Biost be kept: in much
greater .bndancq than , forme ly
an oariuii farms,, not '.only. "for.
tlio profit to be made -directly
from tne stock,, but even for the
benof t of "he land, '
- TI'o Kk-opfst sJspua and lie-
'gjBlli'd 1
In
!l,uji's tihoulil be
in ordT to get
; .-.n thuin as
'-i re are Koine
' i, ' t' U
commcntt
Buffalo
s :.Io:;ntainfN. 0;TKursAij,'oytnlef 5. 1914.
ELECTIOIl
wsssra;
and compost They voted their
sant.inintH and weMi willinir, for
fiveryboly else to do thev same.
Tlin nrll were rather lisrht re-
oublicana ' showing slight eins
wrouffnout me- couniy, r v
The Democratic majority In
towii was 79, in the county about
'9fXf. Webb's y majority In town
jran 7. In the county' bWt 948
sndVii'' the district abdut 00. Q.
Max Gardner was elected to tne
state senate by a majority of ap
piixlmatly T06. The D'embcVatic
majority In Kings Mountain
was slightly above? normal.
Ah Ark. Exchange:. ;,,r,i;"i"
George Claytonalls Was born
Monntatn. N. d Jan.
27, 1827, and move to Arkansas
fn 1858, settling sit or near the
placd of hie death, where he has
since resided, ittj' the exception
Of one year,' Whieli was s'ent in,
California. '.' He died Saturday,
March 7. 191.' . V ? -y.
k .Ho tsaB thtL-fAfi to Miia Annii
i. WrigMl-'May 11, and to
This union teveri Shlli etf ' Were
oorn, wree uunn u im
The bo vs 'all died willv quite
Atffftfg. T,tte nli'siiiviyr rue
father. Thev a.'e- J"1ss Mary
FalK Mrs J' A- Ppnnry,
Mrs?
Will Wa'llwr,- amT- Hnv Will
Brooks - r '
Mr. Pafts iofneH thtt Cunf'xir-
land presbyterin'n church" about
1882, and has lived a true.CVfst
iorvirfo tpi' since. lie boilt- am)
fgav towtiiat'ftfroTOtntKrr''th
cTwrch Which ' enrs v hs
d tUM a ..Confederate sold i
and went ' ll'i oiyrflf the " W as
wagon' mastr. I?s mnn
whof wijs loved ancf Wbtoor by
all. who. Knew liiui.
L.'
LOCALS'"
- Uev. G- K. Bell returned-lnst
nimirl.iv from in pKtonded visit
Unions lu relatives is -Virginia.
Rev tii 1l A Fqx. 1'iotetsoi
. History, ftud. lpti,Uwiphj jn
RtMnoJi; College Ucuv Y
Mil u.ea,Ux at Uw Lmtftean
jciWrclheve S..r -ht
liiev, C. Kt UfcH lea fet
' " "ft" ' l , -1
MondaV for Columbia,-. I.-. V
where lie will attend yveMJilte.d
Synod gi the South, , . y,
Mrs, tJynqin" UonK ant Mrs.
VliKee of GaitQUla
terday with' Mis. P- R' IW: :
Mrs, - K.' B.'Mjott :and-,Arliss
Eula Long wera Uftstouia VN
oi Tuesday. " ,
. Miss Mlntrva Jenk'H Pf vast
tonia was the guest yesterday of
Misses tiertrflde War aui Eula
Liong. T
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Wauney
of Cherry Villa were in town pen?
tertjay. ,
. Supts E. A, Yoder" motlicr of
Mt- Holly visited him here Sun
day till Tuevloy- '
E: , .dltems. -
. The farmers of this section are
about throng sowing oats and
hen'inuiuu t') sow wheat. . . .
and
Ilai It
til. Mrs.
LauMMi
LutSer
CITYjFATHERSHori-E Ai Webb TliiOfc
" , onilderable
aqd ' 'transwjted oonsldurabi
business of interest.
':Tbs? tax books were turned
over lo Chief Fishery who is
duly authorized and bondod to
iiMi al ion as heretofore, tha coun
cil fixed a sliding Bcalr of" one
and, cfie fourth per cent i on
proiwty tax and eight per; cept
on pojls. It wapolntf d out that
it was, worth - considerably more
to colfect noil tax than nronprtr
- r. ' "
fax and this adjustment met the
updroval of the i council , and
collector. The taxes of the: town
nmounts to about lt).8H0. There
are ipproxl'mate'iy 850 polls.
The fixes' would be in the fol
lowing ratio f 1.200 poll tax ,anJ
$8,800 proHrty ta'x.
Pormei.jcol lector X, El' Rhodes
recevied the' coinmendation of
the council for making such a
swee'p oi the taxes last year
leaving only about $130, uhol-
Thraggh v. councilman , . W. . K.
White Mr. Lema&ter complained
of the condition of the, street in
the . vicinity of the Weslevan
church and it was ordered that
street force be sent there right
JtWa-y to do the necessary work.
i Ota of thabiirtfttit IickS mann
iWofdhy nt-!lt was,. to order
an all nightightirsg syniem.
f'oubig tiy?"ts wilr be mstaVrd
ctriiM.it u i niifvi nil nmrr - rnov
bg fiatfHljjS JigJhinbis
auiy utnorized and bonuod to : . . . :,
collecjj the city texes. Instead- oflCr, Webb thinks that the Coif jfl cur
the twto per cent basis of renw-1 kel Will loon adjust, Itself..'
nt "wst;1 ,:;.' "-""- -- -tamV
f sugge!tKt was' as
followsj art the corner of the
corner at t6c Peopleis trtxn .and
Trust; Com"pr.ny,: oi.e irt : the
Muncx' back ' lot and one In
:Pnnl. : Ttinlii- 1 hi.DI ; Tot.
4t1)Mc? wrtl well light- the bnsi-
iiesw fftrrt of town and make
polL-f sirryisi . Wiitjh-letve-ier Vnd
more etfeetoak. .
Tha matWrr of? helaifduarters
fot niti'ht policeman was discuss.
e'd ancf he was lustrncted k look
aroumj- ind pf.e -what -suitable
pUtO could bo found, ' t
Mlsse . fcioise Jivillfcford and
their lives, ycsteldav - morninu.'
One foot mora and tjio automo
bile ja which' they were riding
would, have planged h&uTiong
into the tnirty toot cut ten yards
South : of- the ovoi'hetvd bridpe'
in ICings. Mountain
- Miss WillefordAhad tukn he,r
brot )ei b car and' she anj Miss
MLi.ughn were voa pleasure
ride. - They went up t Railroad
Avenue on the east side to.'the
oyerbj.,ids bridy:", pufrsed the
bridga and etartud back- up-, on
the wxiuj; sida. There is a-, right
angia - iuj' . U . leaving the
bi-U ThJB they- roa.le- very
niivel v but by some cieaiu Miss
Will!l'(A-'.wa8"jJBnble ,to et
tl e
mael
tj.e'l
ine Biraigh t
- making
I ( i
of the
i'e had a
et. TL
n j . 1 li
' i" i. on
- ""(..,' r
i tha
ESCAPE
Has silver . Dninfi liBDma ife A.
.
SPOKE TWICE HEfcE
Hon. E. Y, Webb spokd tjwice
In Kings' Mountain Saturday
nitfht. At seven o'elock he ad
dressed a splendid audtence at
Dilling Mill and at 8:30 he spoke
at the opera house. Many ladies
were pfefen' and th , opera
house was filled to its capacity.
He spoke for an hour arid" a
half lauHing the , accomplish
ments Of the National Demo
cratic administration duriii? its
18 months etene'e. Mayor
C." B. Armstrong o cfaAfonii,
was present and introduced - 'mt.
Webb. ,.-;'. , .
- gattfrd'a'y night was tlui first
time Mr. Webb' had spoken in
Kingi Mountain diir'lng' , the
campaign which closed with
his election Tuesday.
We would like to reproduce
the speech in full but space will
not permit. However, we give
below spine extracts. (j ;t
He was given a "cordial re
ception and at the end of , his
spaech'his fnen.ls crowded a-
bout him to shake his hand. In
Hip latter uortion of his speech
lie told f desperate . efforts
. . . . -
made bv Southern Congressmen
and Senators';; sectre-. aocial
cotton l?gisltU3n arttrot tje iui
Ddssibtiity of controlling enoiTh
Northern votes .,tq carry the
measures Into action. : f - -The
tenor of Mi. Webb's
speech was optimistic; He stated
it as his opinion that ..within the
next nine months America will
experience a great wave of pros
-
ptrity almost unexampiea iu wie
history of the world-" great
i i. w.tlrl c"ark rfrpfir, I
hJ I am almost afraid we will
forget our od." Th belief is
based Oil flier fat that hundreds
of million of forettftt people
will be iooking tct thia, cwmtry
for thefr foodstnffs nd.thenp
raw material tor clothing:, ince
they have stopped 'producing
and gone to fighting'. -
SHOULD BE THANKFUL. -'
Ho painted a grapMc. picture
of th0 horrow m which jui-ojjb
ig engulfd and Mi that Ameri
cans ought torbe, tliankinu; . Gil
i-inns
visitation instead ot'otng .up
and down bewailing thtf - prie 6f
cotton. A great State like Nortn
Carolina, a great sebtion like the
South cannot be put out of tile
tunning evert bv a weakeoed
cotton market. Thfc Indqnirtable
grit, courage and ability of. the
Southern people will turn- ap
parent defeat iuto victorv. i . -,
" "For the first time in Jialf a
century we have had a people's
Congress. "-declared Mr. ' Webb.
Review ing jn some di t ul the
various measuros that liad been
passed atid stated that everyone
of them bad been aimed at con
serving the interests of the pco-
r a a whol
: the )u' -
C
fr-tllJZt
on nis coiron. ; . i J- ' n'
"We oromised to sunDlwnent ,
the Sherman anti trust law. Ae .
chairman of the committee on
chairman m the. committee on
the judiciary the burden, of pre-i j '
paring and piloting these highly , I
imDorttrnt-measiire fell on mv
shoulders. W have been terribly i, ' v,
busy up there. Wsat in' session,
250 days lust yar. We had: a, ' ;
bearing, every diy for 41x
months. Men" from all sect'.ons:
of the United States came and
tesvitled, and their testimony
was published. There was noth. V;
ing done in asecretiva way. -
FEDERAL JUDGES
V'Thert it fcTl to our lot M id' ';'
vestigate three Federal judges'.
As you' know', rid thei yobr granl
Ihripa nor rota'f Legislature can'
fmpea'ch these 6mciai's no tefettery .
how improper their conduct may
bV ; , - , v :;, -x -,:; ,':
. Certain practices were beinR '.;
used by, gfteat corpqrations to
build' up their businets unfairly V 1'
aaid Mr. febb. One of these,,
was- discrimiuatiori.hr Brices
charged different , p'eopla. . Tue. j
setrorid sedtion. of , th,ct was ;
made to foruid this, and, to make v-i ' '
ono offense pnriishable, Instead i ;v ''.
of requiring that there" o-ii
series 0f thppe, W was requiried"
before. And now a private in f .
dividual can not only sue for"
lost indicted, by a ..violation ot
this law, but he can go into ft -Federal
Court and . get an 'In'v;
n,ncioij'DeJ!ore tire loss has been .
-M-. WV-iKVer-Atlpd .thai;-: Mck. :
In 1907 when the price of cotti' .T";
dropped to sind'opo balf atrl'-
seven cents, farmers held; - meet
ings in New Orleans, In iltWl' ;
in . Atlanta, in : Columbia,, fMup .
itimuwueiVf on
id agreed not. , to, r.
seU thell. stapIe ftt fcny suoh
price. And it was onij a. tew.
. , . . - . . -
months until the price of cotton
went back, back, back ;l a de- ;
cent figure, At that time' a cerr
tain Inaddr in Congress broclaira
nd that "Die Southern- faruws c
shouMf .be indieted' under th'e
SiKsrmaf aiftUttueft' law" f6f a
tconvbitftktinwi to Kstt-fcta off -
trade. ! ' nie".,' assertion' Went
through : - Congressman' ' Webb
like a knife, and then be remain ;
tered that Aran Burr had said', .
''You can't indict a whole State,"' v
and he knew on re'tlectiou, that
thQ Government could riot indict :
thp wl)olp South, But he de- -'
tefmined tvlion M)0 opportunity
pi'os'enW4 ' itself ' -5 no
shado'w of vsisf ' ' ot;,
uctioiitnn,' i.joiu.. . t i; ; 'wt'V',
tori gl-owcrs atid stf. had" tuBei'te'd 4
a stipulation '.that too anti triit
la houid 'nU be "oohfeli'ui-1
to forbid the existences -'of ?
cultural, horticultural; or htijui- '.
organiKations. so that no Departs .-,
ment of Justiic-can hold , the
svi-ord over vour heads. :
F PMT r -5 ASD' I AB0RERS, ,;
' : '.. took the ground:
' was nut clai-S legislation
1 t c :.l bo attacked ,
n. ..at wh,.t a nan had-'
'ad of a'1 r. ;, llia 0vvn hands- he -V;
the fv i.'r (,., i . i-t t -hold a -long as,.,
! ",'il ,,: 's c'-" hi- (' -.1. ; lie talleit . tlia at- :
:'"V- i-Dircn . f thelaboriiis -men. to v
' - !'; '"'i" .. fact i -t they, too were ex-;;.''
prosecution This'
ion.
inserted,
rm that
siite of all
the
about it. j
1 to the chr
i .:y, tn;-:.-
f - . , ""ly re-,,-'
frequently .';
, i-:ectiv
10 i '!". ; IllilO."
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